Erling Haaland is one of the most prolific strikers around. Discover everything you need to know about the “Cyborg” over our file.
On March 14, 2023, Erling Haaland achieved the feat of scoring a quintuple in the knockout stages of the Champions League against RB Leipzig (7-0). The Norwegian obviously made history with this capital performance but the Manchester City striker is not the first to achieve such a feat. Another former protege of Pep Guardiola, Lionel Messi, had achieved such a feat in 2012 against Bayer Leverkusen at the same stage of the competition. Note that Brazilian Luiz Adriano also scored 5 goals in a Champions League match with Shakhtar Donetsk against BATE Borisov. But it was then in the group stage…